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OTHER FINE BOOKS AVAILABLE
FROM RED HEIFER PRESS

Owing to the great difficulties faced by authors and books of true merit in these dark ages, Red Heifer Press has started a program to make available to our own public, by arrangement with fellow writers and publishers, certain select books we especially admire and recommend. In some cases, these arrangements may be reciprocal, but, as a matter of policy, never in consideration of our selection.

I Remembered in the Night Your Name,

Varda Branfman, Jerusalem, Carob Spring Foundation, 2003. 154 pages. Price: US$15.00 (includes shipping & handling).

Varda Branfman, an American Olah whose inspirational writings have attracted a wide audience in Jewish Weeklies and anthologies, has arranged a fine selection of her essays and poems into a small but thoughtful volume that reflects autobiographically and poetically the transformation of an alienated young secular woman into a devoutly observant and joyous mother of children. As suggested by the beautiful title (a verse from one of David's most vibrant Psalms), the transformation was not easy. In the process, Mrs. Branfman blossomed into one of a small but noteworthy group of outstanding Israeli-American women writers and poets who write proudly, passionately, and honestly--and with refreshing modesty--of their lives as frum Jewish women, wives and mothers.

Because she was born and raised in the United States, Varda. Branfman's experiences will strike a familiar chord in the hearts of many of her American readers. Once a well-regarded English teacher at a New England environmental college, Mrs. Branfman was never happy until she realized that what she was really looking for was her Jewish soul, and that to find it, she needed only to open herself to the spiritual heritage of her People.

The perfect antidote for the stereotyping of Torah-observant women, I Remembered in the Night Your Name is a powerful and moving book by a gifted and perceptive writer. Key reading for understanding the Ba'al Teshuva movement and the true status of women in Judaism.

I Remembered in the Night Your Name may be ordered directly from Carob Spring Foundation, POB 57254, Jerusalem, 91571 Israel. E-mail Yaakovb@netvision.net.il.

The Law of Fiduciary Duties, by Rafael Chodos, Esq. Blackthorne Legal Press.1596 pages. ISBN: 0-9704042-0-4. Price: $199.00; with CD-ROM (Windows only), $250.00; CD-ROM only (ISBN: 0-9704042-1-2); price: $135.00. Prices quoted include California resident sales tax plus shipping and handling. Yes, a legal treatise, and a classic—the first of its kind—but also a fascinating, accessible, and relevant companion for lay readers in all areas of academia, business and human relations. "This work has all the qualities of a fine treatise on the law: it is thorough, scholarly, easy to read, and practical." —Joseph R. Grodin, Former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. "Insightful inquiry into the fundamental duties of civil responsibility in human affairs. The definitive work in the field." —Prof. Alfred E. Osborne, Jr., Anderson School at UCLA.

On the Way to Jerusalem: a Collection of Short Stories by Mordechai Kramer. 184 pages. ISBN: 965-90373-0-9. Price: $12.95. BKS Publications. A starkly poetic and grittily intimate vision of "the way to Jerusalem"—in Israel and elsewhere. Told with disarming frankness and genuine warmth by one of Israel's most gifted writers.